things I wish python could do

[Peter Maas]

Ryan Paul wrote:
> 1. many keywords (eg:try/except) are strictly imperative, and cannot be
> used in a functional context.
> 
> this really should be possible: map(print,mylist)

To make everything functional in Python would probably be a
huge effort with cosmetic effects only. What about defining
e.g.

def fprint(item):
     print item

putting all functional definitions in a module 'functional'
and using it:

from functional import fprint

...
map(fprint, mylist)

Mit freundlichen Gruessen,

Peter Maas

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